Foreign Affair (Tina Turner album)

Foreign Affair
Studio album by Tina Turner
Released	September 13, 1989
Studio	The Hit Factory, New York, New York
Genre	Pop rock adult contemporary
Length	52:16
Label	Capitol
Producer	Dan Hartman Roger Davies Tina Turner Rupert Hine Graham Lyle Tony Joe White
Tina Turner chronology
Tina Live in Europe (1988) Foreign Affair (1989) Simply the Best (1991)
Singles from Foreign Affair
"The Best" Released: September 2, 1989 "I Don't Wanna Lose You" Released: November 18, 1989 "Steamy Windows" Released: February 17, 1990 "Foreign Affair" Released: May 5, 1990 "Look Me in the Heart" Released: August 11, 1990 "Be Tender With Me Baby" Released: October 13, 1990

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]

Foreign Affair is the seventh solo album by Tina Turner, released on Capitol Records in 1989. It was Turner's third album release after her hugely successful comeback six years earlier and although the album was not a major success in Turner's native US, it was a huge international success in Europe. The album reached number 1 on the UK Albums Chart, her first number one album there. The album includes the single "The Best" which has gone on to become one of Turner's best-known songs.

Commercial success

While Foreign Affair didn't perform as well as Turner's previous albums Private Dancer and Break Every Rule in the US, where it failed to crack the Top 30 in the Billboard 200, it was a worldwide hit, selling over 6 million copies.^[2] It entered the UK Albums Chart at #1 (Turner's first album to do so there) and went on to sell over 1.5 million copies in the UK. The album also reached number one in numerous countries including Germany and Sweden and topped the overall European Chart for 4 weeks.

Single releases

In Europe, six of the album's tracks became hit singles; "The Best" (UK #5), "Steamy Windows" (UK #13), "I Don't Wanna Lose You" (UK #8), "Foreign Affair" (Poland #7), "Look Me In The Heart" (U.S. AC #4 & UK #31) and "Be Tender With Me Baby" (UK #28).

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Steamy Windows"	Tony Joe White	4:03
2.	"The Best"	Mike Chapman, Holly Knight Tina Turner*	5:30
3.	"You Know Who (Is Doing You Know What)"	White	3:45
4.	"Undercover Agent for the Blues"	White, Leann White	5:20
5.	"Look Me in the Heart"	Tom Kelly, Billy Steinberg	3:46
6.	"Be Tender With Me Baby"	Albert Hammond, Knight	4:18
7.	"You Can't Stop Me Loving You"	Hammond, Knight	4:00
8.	"Ask Me How I Feel"	Hammond, Knight	4:46
9.	"Falling Like Rain"	David Munday, Sandy Stewart	4:03
10.	"I Don't Wanna Lose You"	Hammond, Graham Lyle	4:20
11.	"Not Enough Romance"	Dan Hartman	4:04
12.	"Foreign Affair"	White	4:27

B-sides

Title	Single(s)
"Bold and Reckless"	"The Best"
"Stronger Than the Wind"	"I Don't Wanna Lose You"
"Steel Claw" (Live)	"Look Me in the Heart"

Personnel

• Tina Turner – lead vocals (all tracks), background vocals (tracks 3, 7–8, 10)
• Tony Joe White – guitar (tracks 1, 3–4, 12), harmonica (1, 3), synthesizers (1, 4)
• Dan Hartman – acoustic guitar (tracks 2, 6, 8, 11), keyboards (2–3, 11), electric piano (1, 3–4), organ (1, 4), drum machine (5, 11), bass synthesizer (11), background vocals (2, 5)
• Eddie Martinez – rhythm guitar (tracks 1, 3–4), All guitars (5)
• Neil Taylor – guitar (track 1)
• James Ralston – rhythm guitar (tracks 2, 6–8), All guitars (10)
• Gene Black – rhythm guitar (track 2, 7–8), guitar solos (6–7), All guitars (10)
• Pat Thrall – guitar (track 2, 8, 11), additional lead guitar (6)
• Phil Palmer – guitar (track 9)
• Mark Knopfler – guitar (track 12)
• Elliot Lewis – strings (track 2, 8), additional keyboards (2, 8), flute (11)
• Nick Glennie-Smith – strings (track 10, 12), keyboards (10, 12), synth bass (12)
• Gary Barnacle – All saxophones (tracks 1, 12), saxophone solo (10)
• Edgar Winter – saxophone solo (track 2)
• Timmy Cappello – saxophone solo (track 5, 8)
• Phil Ashley – keyboards (track 2, 7), bass pulse (2), organ (6), synthesizer (6), strings (6–8), acoustic piano (8), flute (8)
• Philippe Saisse – additional keyboards (tracks 2–3, 6–8), slap bass (3), flute solo (5), chimes percussion (7)
• Casey Young – keyboards (track 10)
• Jeff Bova – synthesizer (track 3), horn section (1, 4–5), organ (4), strings (5)
• Carmine Rojas – bass guitar (tracks 1, 4–5)
• T.M. Stephens – bass guitar (tracks 2–3, 6–8, 11)
• Rupert Hine – bass, drum machine, keyboards, background vocals (track 9)
• J.T. Lewis – drums (tracks 1, 3–5)
• Art Wood – drums (tracks 2, 6–8)
• Geoff Dugmore – drums (track 10)
• Albert Hammond – percussion shaker, background vocals (track 10)
• Danny Cummings – percussion (tracks 3–4), congas (7)
• Lance Ellington – background vocals (tracks 2–3, 5, 7–8, 11)
• Tessa Niles – background vocals (tracks 2–3, 5–8, 11)
• Sandy Stewart – background vocals (track 9)
• David Munday – background vocals (track 9)
• Roger Davies – background vocals
• Graham Lyle – background vocals (track 10)
• Holly Knight – background vocals (track 10)

Production

• Dan Hartman – record producer all tracks unless otherwise noted
• Roger Davies – executive producer, producer "I Don't Wanna Lose You" & "Foreign Affair", arranger "Look Me In the Heart"
• Tina Turner – executive producer, producer "The Best" & "Ask Me How I Feel", arranger "The Best" and "Ask Me How I Feel"
• Rupert Hine – producer "Falling Like Rain"
• Albert Hammond – producer "I Don't Wanna Lose You"
• Graham Lyle – producer "I Don't Wanna Lose You"
• Tony Joe White – producer "Foreign Affair"
• Chris Lord-Alge – sound mix
• Andrew Scarth – sound engineer
• Mike Ging – sound engineer
• Nick Froome – sound engineer
• Darren Allison – sound engineer (assistant)
• Tim Leitner – sound engineer (assistant)
• Lee Curle – sound engineer (assistant)
• Paul Logus – sound engineer (assistant)
• Overdubs recorded at Ezee Studios (London), Mayfair Studios (Primrose Hill, London), and Swanyard Studios (London)

Charts

Weekly charts Chart (1989) Peak position Australian Albums (ARIA)[3] 15 Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[4] 1 Canadian Albums (RPM)[5] 12 Danish Albums (Hitlisten)[6] 1 Dutch Albums (Stichting Nederlandse)[7] 6 European Albums (Top 100)[6] 1 Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista)[8] 1 French Albums (SNEP)[9] 11 German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[10] 1 Italian Albums (Hit Parade Italia)[11] 2 New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[12] 7 Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)[13] 1 Spanish Albums (PROMUSICAE)[14] 8 Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[15] 1 Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[16] 1 UK Albums (OCC)[17] 1 US Billboard 200[18] 31 US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)[19] 83 Chart (1992) Peak position Hungarian Albums (MAHASZ)[20] 32

Year-end charts Chart (1989) Peak position Australia (ARIA)[21] 80 Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[22] 21 Canadian Albums (RPM)[23] 75 Dutch Albums (MegaCharts)[24] 60 French Albums (SNEP)[25] 17 German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[26] 29 Italian Albums (Hit Parade)[11] 3 Norwegian Autumn Period Albums (VG-lista)[27] 1 Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[28] 29 UK Albums (OCC)[29] 8 Chart (1990) Peak position Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[30] 4 Dutch Albums (MegaCharts)[31] 45 German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[32] 7 Norwegian Winter Period Albums (VG-lista)[33] 17 Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[34] 5 UK Albums (OCC)[35] 13

Certifications and sales

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Region	Certification	Certified units/Sales
Australia (ARIA)[21]	Platinum	70,000^^
Austria (IFPI Austria)[36]	3× Platinum	150,000^*
Canada (Music Canada)[37]	Platinum	100,000^^
Finland (Musiikkituottajat)[38]	Platinum	86,895[38]
France (SNEP)[39]	2× Gold	331,900[40]
Germany (BVMI)[41]	2× Platinum	1,000,000^^
Italy (FIMI)[42]	2× Platinum	400,000^*
New Zealand (RMNZ)[43]	Gold	7,500^^
Spain (PROMUSICAE)[44]	Platinum	100,000^^
Sweden (GLF)[45]	Platinum	100,000^^
Switzerland (IFPI Switzerland)[46]	4× Platinum	200,000^^
United Kingdom (BPI)[47]	5× Platinum	1,500,000^^
United States (RIAA)[48]	Gold	500,000^^
Summaries
Worldwide		9,000,000[2]
^^shipments figures based on certification alone

Singles

Year	Single	Chart	Position
1989	"Steamy Windows"	Hot Dance Music/Club Play	13
1989	"Steamy Windows"	Billboard Hot 100	39
1989	"The Best"	Mainstream Rock Tracks	6
1989	"The Best"	Billboard Hot 100	15
1989	"Look Me In The Heart"	Adult Contemporary	4
1989	"Foreign Affair"	Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks	39
1990	"I Don't Wanna Lose You	Adult Contemporary	8

European promotional-only single

Year	Single	Chart	Position
1990	"You Can't Stop Me Loving You"	Polish music chart	20

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